Simeon Reed Wheeler

1817 - 1898  (80 years)

• Name	Simeon Reed Wheeler
  Birth	28 Dec 1817	East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Apr 1898	East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Burial	East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Notes	Reared by his uncle Major Seth Lee. Simeon held many offices in the county and town. He was a Republican in politics and Protestant in religious faith, with liberal and enlarged views. "A true representative of an American gentleman." He lived on the old homestead until his death in 1898. Simeon R., son of Benjamin D. and Deborah (Reed) Wheeler, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, December 28, 1817, he died in April, 1898. He acquired his education in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and has always been one of the leading agriculturists of the town, being the possessor of two hundred and fifty-three acres of land, which is under a high state of cultivation, yielding good returns for labor expended. He was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when he transferred his allegiance to that organization, with which he has since been connected. He served as commissioner of highways for six years, assessor seventeen years, justice of the peace three years, superintendent of county poor twenty-one years, and in 1882, when the office of postmaster at South Bloomfield, was organized, was appointed thereto and has since retained the same, his service being noted for efficiency and prompt attention to all details. He has been for sixty years an active worker in the Universalist church of Baptist Hill, and for many years served in the capacity of trustee. He is a member of the Monumental Lodge, Good Templars, of Bristol. The Simeon R. Wheeler farm is now (1910) (1911) owned by Thomas Welch, of East Bloomfield. Mr. Wheeler married (first) April 2, 1839, Betsey Bently, born in Richmond, 1819, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Dubois) Bently, of Saratoga county, New York, the former of whom died January 10, 1863, and his wife, April 12, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler had one daughter, Gertrude, who married in 1858, Theron P. Buell, born August 10, 1834, died May 28, 1889; Mrs. Buell died May 30, 1859. Mrs. Betsey (Bently) Wheeler died May 9, 1878. Mr. Wheeler married (second) November 5, 1879. Clara (Daily) Hinman. (Ontario County History)
  Person ID	I2219	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Daggett Wheeler,   b. 10 Apr 1789, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Sep 1818, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Deborah Reed,   b. 12 Mar 1793, Dighton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts, USA d. 7 Jun 1860, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1808	East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA
  Family ID	F131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Betsey Bentley,   b. 1819   d. 8 May 1878, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1840
  Children	1. Gertrude M. Wheeler,   b. 21 Aug 1840, New York, USA d. 30 May 1859, South Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F1751	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 28 Dec 1817 - East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Death - 26 Apr 1898 - East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA Burial - - East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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